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AN ACT
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relating to public school compliance with dyslexia screening, |
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reading instrument requirements, and a requirement that a school |
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district notify certain parents or guardians of a program providing |
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students with reading disabilities the ability to borrow audiobooks |
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free of charge. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 7.028(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Section 28.006, 29.001(5), |
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29.010(a), 38.003, or 39.057, the agency may monitor compliance |
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with requirements applicable to a process or program provided by a |
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school district, campus, program, or school granted charters under |
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Chapter 12, including the process described by Subchapter F, |
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Chapter 11, or a program described by Subchapter B, C, D, E, F, H, or |
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I, Chapter 29, or Subchapter A, Chapter 37, [or Section 38.003,] and |
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the use of funds provided for such a program under Subchapter C, |
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Chapter 42, only as necessary to ensure: |
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(1) compliance with federal law and regulations; |
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(2) financial accountability, including compliance |
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with grant requirements; and |
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(3) data integrity for purposes of: |
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(A) the Public Education Information Management |
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System (PEIMS); and |
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(B) accountability under Chapters 39 and 39A. |
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SECTION 2. Section 28.006, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (g-2) and (l) to read as follows: |
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(g-2) In accordance with a notification program developed |
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by the commissioner by rule, a school district shall notify the |
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parent or guardian of each student determined, on the basis of a |
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screening under Section 38.003 or other basis, to have dyslexia or a |
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related disorder, or determined, on the basis of reading instrument |
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results, to be at risk for dyslexia or other reading difficulties, |
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of the program maintained by the Texas State Library and Archives |
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Commission providing students with reading disabilities the |
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ability to borrow audiobooks free of charge. |
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(l) The agency by rule shall develop procedures designed to |
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allow the agency to: |
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(1) effectively audit and monitor and periodically |
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conduct site visits of all school districts to ensure that |
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districts are complying with this section; |
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(2) identify any problems school districts experience |
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in complying with this section; and |
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(3) develop reasonable and appropriate remedial |
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strategies to address school district noncompliance and ensure the |
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purposes of this section are accomplished. |
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SECTION 3. Section 38.003, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(c) Subject to Subsection (c-1), the [The] State Board of |
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Education shall adopt any rules and standards necessary to |
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administer this section. |
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(c-1) The agency by rule shall develop procedures designed |
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to allow the agency to: |
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(1) effectively audit and monitor and periodically |
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conduct site visits of all school districts to ensure that |
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districts are complying with this section, including the program |
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approved by the State Board of Education under this section; |
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(2) identify any problems school districts experience |
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in complying with this section, including the program approved by |
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the State Board of Education under this section; and |
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(3) develop reasonable and appropriate remedial |
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strategies to address school district noncompliance and ensure the |
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purposes of this section are accomplished. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. The Texas Education Agency is required to |
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implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature |
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appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the |
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legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that |
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purpose, the Texas Education Agency may, but is not required to, |
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implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations |
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available for that purpose. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2075 passed the Senate on |
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April 29, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2075 passed the House on |
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May 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 6, |
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one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |